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East Lee Chamber honors local heroes

Teachers and first responders typically are the backbone of every community. It’s just that they don’t always get the accolades they deserve. The East Lee County Chamber of Commerce has spent the last 24 years trying to change that. Saturday, at the Plantation Golf & Country Club, the best school teachers, first responders and medical personnel got the plaudits they richly deserve at the 24th annual Awards Gala. The Crystal Award is given to the best teachers in each East Lee school. They were: Elementary schools: Mindy Stoddard, Amanecer; Victoria Paschke, G. Weaver Hipps; ...

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Harlan Forrest Biehl

Harlan Forrest Biehl, 82, of Lehigh Acres, Florida passed away March4, 2026. Arrangements entrusted to Lee County Cremation Services-Fort Myers.

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You can’t kill all of us

To the editor: You can’t kill us all you know. You can’t kill all of us mothers. All of us nurses. All the protesters who appear out of nowhere by the thousands — whose people came from everywhere around the world for generations back — who step up and take the places of those ...

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